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Ugandan youth activist stuns Berlin energy transition event: Vanessa Nakate shocked organisers of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue by delivering a speech highlighting how she and a fellow youth activist had to submit…
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New solar installations to hit 413 GW this year, says BloombergNEF: BloombergNEF says historically low module prices will drive the global solar industry to record installations in 2023.
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The fastest energy change in history: Solar and wind are being installed at a rate that is three times faster than all other new electricity sources combined. This offers compelling market-based evidence that PV…
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Solar module price falling, with no end in sight: Solar module prices have never fallen so sharply in such a short period of time. One reason for this is the "PV module glut" in warehouses in Europe,…
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Italy now set for 5.4 GW of ‘ready-to-build’ solar projects: Terna, the Italian grid operator, says that it has received grid-connection requests for 144.48 GW of solar projects to date.
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US manufacturer releases cold climate heat pump: Rheem has unveiled an air-source heat pump that provides uninterrupted heating under -30.5 C ambient conditions. It has successfully passed the US Department…
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India installed almost 14 GW of solar in 2022: India installed 13,956 MW of solar between January and December 2022. This included 11.3 GW of utility-scale PV, about 1.9 GW of rooftop solar, and nearly 700 MW of…
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Germany’s first photovoltaic cycling path goes online: Badenova has installed 912 glass-glass PV modules along a cycling path in the city of Freiburg, Germany, as part of a new pilot project.
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Longi claims 33.9% efficiency for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell: The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed Longi's achievement of a world record-breaking…
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Italian government streamlines another 593 MW of agrivoltaics: The Italian cabinet has approved 13 agrivoltaic projects in the southern regions of Apulia and Basilicata.
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Croatia adopts legal framework for agrivoltaics: The Croatian government has adopted bylaws to the Spatial Planning Act that define agrivoltaic installations and the areas in which they can be deployed, in…
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PV manufacturing capacity hit 600 GW in 2022: The new edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaic (ITRPV), published this week, finds that 295 GW of PV modules was shipped in 2022, and…
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Solar module prices may reach $0.10/W by end 2024: Tim Buckley, director of Climate Energy Finance, speaks to pv magazine about the current steep trajectory of solar module prices. He estimates that PV…
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French startup unveils new residential thermo-acoustic heat pump: Equium has developed a new thermo-acoustic heat pump core that reportedly produces 3 kW to 4 kW of heat for every kilowatt-hour of power it…
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Vast majority of German farmers ready to embrace agrivoltaics: A new survey conducted by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE showed that 72.4% of the country's farmers are considering the deployment of an…
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Submarine cable to connect 10.5 GW wind-solar complex in Morocco to the UK grid: UK-based Xlinks is planning to build 10.5 GW of wind and solar in Morocco and sell the power generated by the huge plant in the UK. This should…
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Largest US solar-storage project goes online: A new 875 MW solar project in California features nearly 2 million solar panels and offers more than 3 GWh of energy storage.
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The weekend read: Solar’s flexibility can be agriculture’s gain: Both solar and the farming industry are beginning to see potential in the combined use of land for food production and energy generation. And as innovators…
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Floating concentrating photovoltaic thermal system for carbon capture: Two Norwegian companies are designing floating concentrating photovoltaic thermal technology that can produce both electricity and heat.…
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India concludes world’s largest renewables-plus-storage tender at $0.0566595/kWh: Pumped hydro and battery projects, coupled with renewables, offer the world’s lowest peak clean electricity tariff. The tender, which received…
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Solar park built on rough wooden structures in France: French cooperative Céléwatt and engineering company Mécojit are building a new, 250 kW solar park in southwestern France. The solar panels are installed on a raw wood…
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German consortium develops 19.7%-efficient PERC solar cells made of recycled silicon: Led by German research institute Fraunhofer ISE, the consortium has built the solar cells with 100% crystalline silicon recycled from…
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CSEM, EPFL achieve 31.25% efficiency for tandem perovskite-silicon solar cell: The new world record was independently certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States.
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Chinese PV Industry Brief: JinkoSolar breaks ground on 56 GW solar factory: JinkoSolar has broken ground on a 56 GW PV panel factory in China's Shanxi province. It says the new facility will be…
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Floating PV plant crossing two adjacent ponds: Spanish developer Isigenere has built a 338 kW floating array on the surfaces of two adjacent ponds in the Netherlands. The plant relies on a special mounting system design that…
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New EV battery offers 50% more energy density than traditional lithium-ion batteries: Ionblox says it will use $32 million of series B funding to support the buildout of a novel silicon anode electric vehicle…
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Sunwind releases vertical PV kit with anti-theft structure: Sunwind's patented Vertisolar solution features two 352 W full-black PERC solar modules, a microinverter, a connection system, and a…
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France allocates 172.9 MW of solar capacity at average price of $0.09/kWh: The French authorities selected 66 projects in a recent tender for "innovative" PV technologies. The final average price was significantly…
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Ciel & Terre hits 1.5 GW floating PV pipeline: French floating PV specialist Ciel & Terre says it now has more than 1.5 GW of floating PV projects in the design phase or under construction. It has already…
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KAUST claims 33.7% efficiency for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell: The European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) has confirmed the results of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s (KAUST)…
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Chile announces $2 billion tender mechanism for energy storage: The Chilean authorities plan to hold the first procurement exercise for large-scale storage projects in 2024, with the first systems expected to…
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Australia wants to certify green hydrogen with German expertise: The Australian Smart Energy Council and Deutsche Energie-Agentur will work together to develop a scheme to certify renewable hydrogen and carbon-neutral power…
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Exploring the depths of Europe’s oldest grid-connected PV system: A 10 kW PV system has been feeding power into the Swiss power network since 1982. A research team has investigated the performance of the array’s first 35…
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Baywa’s ‘fruitvoltaic’ project to bear fruit – 23 tons a year, in fact: A 1.2 MWp installation featuring more than 4,500 solar panels has sheltered a berry crop from high temperatures and damp to strengthen the claims made by…
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Photovoltaic roof for highways: Researchers from Germany and Austria are testing how photovoltaic roofs may be deployed along highways. The first pilot project is planned to be implemented starting from the autumn.
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Portugal powered solely by renewables last weekend: Portugal generated 172.5 GWh of renewable electricity between Friday and Saturday. Its output included 97.6 GWh of wind, 68.3 GWh of hydro, and 6.6 GWh of…
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World record 32.5% efficiency for perovskite tandem solar cell achieved by HZB: A group of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has achieved a new world efficiency record for a silicon-perovskite tandem…
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Agrivoltaics for broccoli, cabbage: Scientists in South Korea have combined PV generation with vegetable farming and have found that solar array shading provides favorable results for crops such as broccoli and cabbage.
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Sun Cable plans capacity increase for world’s largest solar+storage project: The world’s biggest solar PV and storage project is set to get even larger with the Singapore-based Sun Cable announcing it plans to increase the…
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Study shows biosolar rooftop system benefits power output: A group of Australian researchers say they have confirmed the benefits of combining rooftop solar installations with ‘green’ roofs with new research…
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Huge solar carport for Disneyland Paris: A new 17 MW solar array is expected to cover around 17% of the theme park's electricity needs. Completion is scheduled for 2023.
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Virtual power plants roll out across the U.S.: Virtual power plants (VPPs) coordinate distributed resources and demand for a more resilient, cost-effective energy transition. And they are gaining traction in…
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Most new solar panels retain 80% production after 30 years: A five-year Sandia Labs study on solar module degradation shows that 13 out of 23 tested module types have effective lifetimes exceeding 30 years.
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Solar, wind covered Belgium’s entire electricity demand for the first time: Belgian grid operator Elia announced that solar and wind generation provided enough electricity to cover the country’s entire…
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Solar tower of power shows benefits of vertical installations: Three Sixty Solar, a commercial and utility-scale solar developer, published a report this week that provides background on its vertically mounted…
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Spain targeting 56 GW of new solar by 2030 under new energy strategy: The Spanish government says it aims to deploy 76 GW of cumulative PV capacity and 22 GW of storage by the end of this decade. The old…
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Novel plant design for agrivoltaics: Developed by Chinese researchers, the novel design methodology consists of utilizing metal brackets as mounting structures, conventional solar panels, and a grooved glass plate placed…
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Australian town powered 100% by solar PV and battery: Western Australia utility Horizon Power has achieved a major milestone with the coastal town of Onslow powered 100% by solar PV and battery during a successful trial of…
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Agrivoltaics can provide food, energy for growing world population: Cornell University researchers have discovered that soybeans planted beneath 3.9-meter-high solar modules can positively affect panel…
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Australia passes 25GW of installed PV: Australia has hit a historic milestone – it has reached 25GW of installed solar capacity. As the Australian PV Institute noted on Monday, that’s more solar per capita than anywhere else…
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NREL updates interactive chart of solar cell efficiency: The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new, interactive version of its research cell efficiency chart for a range of PV…
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China module prices slide to new record low, manufacturers cut production: In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the…
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Australia’s largest commercial microgrid goes online: Australia’s largest grid-connected urban microgrid has been officially commissioned with a new rooftop solar-powered system on Ikea’s store in Adelaide.…
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Mitsubishi unveils air source heat pump: Mitsubishi has released a cascaded air source heat pump that can produce between 7.8 kW and 640 kW of heat. It is reportedly able to generate hot water at a temperature of…
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Agrivoltaics for fir trees: German researchers are studying using an overhead solar PV system, designed to be removable and reusable, as a sunshade for young fir trees. The pilot, located at a quartz sand…
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Vertical bifacial solar seeking greenhouse albedo, deployment space: A Colorado farmer has installed vertical bifacial solar, leveraging greenhouse albedo to increase output. The installation demonstrates…
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Germany slashes VAT for residential PV to 0%: The German parliament has approved a new package of tax breaks for rooftop PV, including a value-added tax exemption for PV systems up to 30 kW in size.
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US startup unveils 5 kW solar canopy for EV charging: Paired Power said its new 5 kW solar canopy measures 3.2 meters x 5.2 meters x 3.7 meters and can host up to 10 bifacial solar panels. It can be used in…
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Another 70 MW of floating solar goes online in the Netherlands: BayWa re commissioned two floating PV facilities which it claims are the largest in Europe and outside Asia.
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Solar module prices hit 2-year low: The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a new report focusing on core benchmarks for PV prices, deployment, and imports.
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New European project to drive 95 GW of solar and 67 GW of hydrogen: A total of 30 major companies from across Europe are laying the foundations to create HyDeal Ambition, a value chain promising to provide 100% green hydrogen…
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Organic solar PV cells on paper substrate for indoor use: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have developed 12×12 cm2 sub-modules from organic solar PV cells on a paper substrate that could be used to…
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Weekend Read: China’s solar century: From zero to hero in 20 years, China’s PV industry has undergone an extraordinary journey. Vincent Shaw considers the reasons for the nation’s solar success and the…
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Hybrid wind-solar power system for residential applications: Dutch startup Airturb has developed a 500 W hybrid wind-solar power system featuring a vertical axis wind turbine and a solar base hosting four 30…
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European warehouses store 40 GW of unsold solar panels: Rystad Energy says that about €7 billion ($7.8 billion) of solar panels are now being stored in Europe, but European developers continued to buy solar…
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Rondo announces 90 GWh heat battery factory: U.S.-based Rondo Energy will operate the world’s largest battery factory in Thailand, two and a half times the size of Tesla’s Gigafactory.
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World’s largest floating PV plant goes online in China: Huaneng Power International has switched on a 320 MW floating PV array in China's Shandong province. It deployed the plant in two phases on a reservoir near its 2.65 GW…
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EPFL achieves 29.2% efficiency for tandem solar cell with fully textured silicon: Scientists in Switzerland made significant progress with an approach to perovskite-silicon tandem cell design that they say could…
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Europe’s largest battery storage project secures approval: Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has obtained the irrevocable permit for the construction of a 600 MW/2,400 MWh battery energy storage system…
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AES switches on 180 MW PV plant linked to 112 MWh of storage in Chile: AES Corp. has switched on a 180 MW solar plant connected to 112 MWh of storage in Chile. The project in the Atacama Desert is Latin…
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Largest PV plant in Americas goes online in Brazil: Elera Renováveis has commissioned the 1.2 GW Janaúba solar complex. The facility, which went online this week, consists of 20 solar parks spread across…
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Solliance hits 30.1% efficiency on perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell: The Solliance consortium achieved a 29.2% record efficiency for a solar cell in November 2021, from just 28.7% in March 2020, by…
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Agrivoltaics for berries: Scientists in the Netherlands conducted meta-analysis on the growth of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and blackcurrants under different levels of shade generated by elevated…
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Floating solar may reach LCOE of $0.0341/kWh in Bangladesh: New research shows that floating PV plants may have superior generating capabilities compared with ground-mounted PV plants in several areas of…
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How long do residential solar panels last?: Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar panel. In the first part of this series, we look at the solar panels themselves.
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SolarEdge unveils bidirectional EV charger: SolarEdge's new bidirectional DC-coupled electric-vehicle (EV) charger enables vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid applications and can seamlessly integrate with…
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Redflow to build 20 MWh redox-flow battery in California: Redflow, an Australian redox-flow battery manufacturer, will build one of the world’s largest zinc-based battery energy storage systems in the United…
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High-latitude tests show vertical rooftop PV yields 30% more energy in winter: Norway's Over Easy says its pilot vertical PV system in Oslo achieved remarkable performance throughout a snowy winter. In 2022, the…
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Solar could play big role in helping renewables displace UK’s planned gas fleet: Each 1.8 GW of new gas generation capacity could be replaced by 1.7 GW of solar as part of a cleaner, 6.3 GW collection of renewables and energy…
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Agrivoltaic facilities with single-axis trackers have lower LCOE than those with fixed structures: New research from Belgium shows agrivoltaic facilities with trackers perform significantly better than…
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Subsea cable to bring wind, solar power from Egypt to Europe: Copelouzos Group plans to lay a submarine cable to link 9.5 GW of wind and solar power in Egypt to Greece's Attica region. The project was…
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India’s solar module manufacturing capacity could hit 110 GW by 2026: India could become the world’s second-largest solar manufacturer by 2026. It will also have a notable presence in all upstream components…
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Growing US microgrid market hits 10 GW in 2022: Wood Mackenzie estimates that the US microgrid market has seen a 47% increase in solar and storage capacity in 2022 compared to 2017 levels, driven by rising demand…
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Sheikh Mohammed opens third phase of park bearing his name: The latest 800 MW of the 5 GW solar field to go live takes Dubai past its 2020 clean energy target of 7% by ensuring 9% of the emirate's power comes from clean…
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China sets BIPV record with 120 MW multi-roof solar project: A new 120 MW solar installation spread across 11 rooftops in China's Jiangxi province is now the world's largest single-capacity,…
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First Solar acquires Swedish perovskite specialist Evolar: First Solar has agreed to pay $38 million to buy Swedish manufacturing startup Evolar AB, as it seeks to expand development of high-efficiency tandem…
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PPA prices falling across Europe, says Pexapark: Pexapark says power purchase agreement (PPA) prices are falling in Europe, with prices in Spain and Portugal down by 6.4% and 6.2% to €40.90 ($43.99)/MWh and…
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Netherlands to slash VAT for residential PV to 0%: The new measure should come into force on January 1. It will be part of the new Taxation Law for 2023 and still needs final parliamentary approval.
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France introduces solar requirement for parking lots: The French parliament has approved a new measure to make it mandatory for parking lots to include solar if their surface area is more than 1,500 square meters.
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Sodium-ion battery could charge in several seconds: Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have identified a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery capable…
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Europe added 41.4 GW of new solar in 2022: In another record year for solar, SolarPower Europe estimates PV in Europe grew by 47% in 2022, rising from 28.1 GW in 2021 to 41.4 GW this year. Germany installed the…
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Germany deployed 6.29 GW of solar in H1: Germany installed more than 1 GW of new PV systems in June alone. Its cumulative installed PV capacity hit 73.8 GW at the end of the first half of this year.
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China connects world’s largest redox flow battery system to grid: Dalian Rongke Power has connected a 100 MW redox flow battery storage system to the grid in Dalian, China. It will start operating in…
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US startup to build 100 MW solar plant with modules on ground: Erthos claims that with its new installation method, solar facilities could occupy just one-third of the surface covered by conventional PV plants,…
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Solar gazebo provides up to 4.3 kW of backyard generating capacity: Arka Energy's new outdoor gazebo provides 2.4 kW to 4.3 kW of residential solar power via monocrystalline PERC solar tiles.
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